Re: Sound configuration

[Simon Law <sfllaw@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, JimmyMah wrote:

> I am new user to Debian linux. I have install Debian linux on my
> laptop and I am unable to activate the sound. I have an integrated
> ESS1688 sound chip and I could not find the drivers in modconf.
> 
> Do I need to recompile a new kernel? Could you please advise the steps
> necessary to solve this problem. 

Hi Jimmy,

	Try going to this page:
http://www.freecolormanagement.com/505/sound.html

	It looks like it might have useful information.  Try configuring
your sound card as a plain old Sound Blaster 16.  You can use the module
"sb" and pass it the right parameters for your card.

Simon